Phoenix filmmaker jailed in grenade launcher hoax

Published September 27, 2012 7:12am ET



PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man has been accused of dressing his 16-year-old nephew in a sheet and sending him into a busy street with a fake grenade launcher, then filming the masked teenager pointing the faux weapon at passing cars.

Authorities said it was all to see how fast city police would react to a mock terrorist act.

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